second to last, i've wanted to acknowledge and welcome our new director of capital programs, vince harris/ vince has a long and distinguished career. he was lured away six or so years ago and we had the good fortune to lure him back. >> [inaudible] >> he comes with requiring no learning curve. we gave him about five minutes of high demand. -- honeymoon. he brings an understanding of capital programs and product delivery, but he had a couple of different stance on the capital funding and planning side. that is really great value to us, having run the equivalent of rta or mtc. he brings that funding and planning expertise to the agency. that is important to the delivery of capital projects. we're very glad to have him aboard. i do not know if you wanted to come up and say a few words. >> welcome back, mr. harris. >> thank you, chairman. it is a great opportunity to be here. it is an honor and privilege to be back and the capacity, kind of a rare opportunity to get to come back home. i think the director and the sport for this opportunity. -- and the board for this opportunity. it is my job

yesterday in federal court, eugenia harris confirmed it. -- to elect vince gray for a long time. >> harris plead guilty to two counts of conspiracy for straw donations to gray's 2010 campaign and some federal campaigns in 2008. the u.s. attorney says the guilty plea shows the 2010 mayoral campaign was compromised by back room deals and secret payments. >> what made this shadow campaign sinister was how it was paid for. the shadow campaign was entirely off the books financed with secret corporate money so d.c. voter had no idea who was influencing them at the ballot box. >> reporter: no evidence has been presented so far that shows mayor gray himself was involved in the shadow campaign. he would not speak to reporters yesterday but his spokesperson did say the mayor will address the controversy at his weekly press conference scheduled for 10:00 this morning. wisdom? >> thank you. >>> to fauquier county now where the sheriff wants to know who killed a reporter. sarah greenhalgh's bod yea was found in her burning home yesterday. investigators say it is a homicide case. she was writing about s

with the charges today against eugenea clark harris and her plea agreement that provided this information about this shadow campaign that helped get mayor vince gray elected. we are waiting to hear from a comment on him regarding the latest developments. matt. >> anita, two people remain hospitalized. >> actually, we're going to take a quick break and be right back. g >>> two people remain hospitalized. the roof flew off and the walls crashed down with more than 20 people inside the cheerleading and dance studio. everybody survived. peggy fox has an exclusive interview with the woman who was severely injured in the collapse. peggy joins us live from fredericksburg with the story. peggy. >> reporter: her name is michelle smith. she's a 47-year-old mother and pretty beat up tonight. she's recovering here at mary washington hospital. you see, the children and most of the adults who survived the building collapse made it to a safe room that stood. michelle did not. yet somehow survived. >> you saw debris. the sky opened up and you saw stuff coming down. i was like, the building is coming down. i couldn't believe it. >> michelle smith was in the f

vince gray's 2010 campaign. >> another person is facing charges. melin joins us live -- -- melanie joins us live. >> reporter: her name is jean harris, she owns two pr companies, dell international, and details international, asera she did work for mayor gray's 2010 campaign. according to the court documents, harris is facingis charges of conspiracy, taxcons fraud, and violations of federae and local election laws. prosecutors say that harris gotr friends, family and employees to make political contributions and then an unnamed co-conspirator would reimburse the contributions through harris's company. according to the charging document, there were contributions totaling $21,550 in 2008 to federal political campaigns and committees, and $44,000 in 2010 to the campaign of what they called candidate "a," who we're told is gray. all of these were directed by and reimbursed by co-conspirator one, according to the prosecutors. the documents describe this co-conspirator one as somebody who has a close friendship andd professional relationship with harris. harris is known to have close ties with jeffrey thompson, he's a businessman and prominentsm governmen